Summary.
St Helena School, Sheepen Road, Colchester, Essex lies on the eastern side of the nationally important Late Iron Age and early Roman site of Sheepen, which is the northern focus of the oppidum of Camulodunum. It is also the site of two Romano-British temples.
Groundworks included the clearance of ground slabs (covering 690mē) and the excavation of 222m of service-trenches (for gas, electricity and drainage) around the perimeter of the existing school buildings. Part of the foundation of the northern side of the outer precinct wall of 'Temple 2' was revealed along with patches of a gravel surface within the precinct. Trenches to the west of 'Temple 2' revealed two large Roman pits which were probably associated with the temple complex.